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Hampstead 1895

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1895

Published
1896
Author
Gwynn, Edmund.
Pages
22
Tables
7

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7 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    Deaths in Public Institutions.
  • Page 5
    The following table will show, at a glance, the diminution or excess of deaths in 1895 from the seven principal zymotic diseases:—
    Causes of Death.1895.1894.Diminution in 1895Excess in 1895.
  • Page 16
    Table No. I. Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Hampstead ; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Localitycoming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the Several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census, 1896.Estimated to middleof 1895.12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(C)(d)(e)
  • Page 17
    Table No. II. Table of DEATHS during the Year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Hampstead, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes,at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    12345678910111213141516171819202122
    At all ages.Under 1year.1and under 5.5and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under65.65 and upwardsSmallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping CoughDiarrhoea & Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.???
    TyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
  • Page 18
    Table No. III. PARISH OF ST. JOHN, HAMPSTEAD. Inspector's Report of the Sanitary Work, &c,, completed in the year ending 25th March, 1896.
  • Page 19
    Table No. III. (continued). Articles Disinfected in Apparatus.
  • Page 20
    Table No. IV. PARISH OF ST. JOHN, HAMPSTEAD. Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.
    Premises.Date of Notice requiring premises to be made fit for human habitation.Subsequent action of Vestry.Results.